Celes, Rune Knight

Global Commander Stats

All Mardu commanders Featured in Final Fantasy

418 Wins

721 Losses

Summary

Celes, Rune Knight is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 1,139 recorded Playgroup games, winning 36% of them (418–721) at an Elo of 1,713, ranking #30 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 127 damage dealt and 0.74 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 12 Jul 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Celes, Rune Knight's win rate?

Celes, Rune Knight has a 36% win rate across 1139 recorded Playgroup games (418 wins, 721 losses).

How long do winning games with Celes, Rune Knight take?

Wins with Celes, Rune Knight take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: 13 days.

How many decks use Celes, Rune Knight?

406 decks list Celes, Rune Knight as their commander on Playgroup, of which 278 have played at least one recorded game.

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Global Rank

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1713

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 127

Average commander damage per game 584801

Average poison counters given per game 5

Average kills per game 0.74

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 406

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 278

No. games played with this commander 1139

Total hours played 13 days

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1808	Kazaandu	62	38	61 %
2	1537	jan hagen	5	2	40 %
3	1530	BetterAshThanDust	5	3	60 %
4	1521	ThePhixer	2	1	50 %
5	1520	Encarnation	15	7	47 %

How does this commander win?

When Celes, Rune Knight wins, 39.88% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

39.88%

Non Combat Damage

29.31%

Combo

24.77%

Alternative

2.42%

Mill

2.11%

Commander Damage

1.51%

Avg win turn 8.0 based on 434 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Celes, Rune Knight wins 45.31% of games from position 1 and 27.66% from position 4 across tracked games.

Seat 1

45.31% n=320

Seat 2

38.27% n=324

Seat 3

31.77% n=299

Seat 4

27.66% n=188

Seat 5

38.1% n=21

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Celes, Rune Knight wins 33.33% after 0 mulligans and 50.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

33.33% n=321

1 mulligan

36.6% n=235

2 mulligans

32.97% n=91

3 mulligans

20.69% n=29

4 mulligans

20.0% n=5

5 mulligans

50.0% n=2

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Celes, Rune Knight 3.96/5 on average, across 794 self-reports.

3.96 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Celes, Rune Knight wins, opponents flag the game as salty 67.2% of the time across 433 tracked wins.

67.2 \%

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Celes, Rune Knight. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.